Easter fun …
- Americans eat more than 600 million marshmallow Peeps during Easter. This makes Peeps the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy.
- Easter is the second biggest candy-consuming holiday of the year. Halloween is first.
- We eat more than 16 million jelly beans during the holiday -- enough to circle the globe three times … or to fill a plastic egg the size of a nine-story building.
- In the U.S. alone, around 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced for Easter.
- Speaking of chocolate bunnies … 59 percent of people eat the ears on the chocolate bunny first, 4 percent go for the feet or the tail. (Good Housekeeping)
Making a ham this Easter? There's a hotline for that. Yep, Kentucky Legends Ham has a hotline open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Just call 1-866-343-5058 to get answers on everything from emergency problems -- like how to avoid burning or overcooking your ham -- to what to serve as a side dish, to what wine goes best with ham. FYI: Sauvignon Blanc for ham without a glaze, Riesling for a sweet glaze. (Delish)
Steak vs. avocado toast … Millennials are eating less meat and more plant-based foods. Industry insiders say young adults are more thoughtful about food than older people. They care about the impact of what they’re eating on the planet, their bodies and animals. And because of this, they’re eating far less meat -- and are more open to different and new plant-based meat substitutes. (Forbes)
Lab love … For the 27th year in a row, the Labrador Retriever is America’s favorite dog breed. After Labs, it’s 2) German Shepherds, 3), Golden Retrievers, 4), French Bulldogs, and 5) Bulldogs. (American Kennel Club)